Waist circumference in children aged 1 to 16 years from Manizales;Circunferencia de la cintura en niños y escolares manizaleños de 1 a 16 años

Revista Colombiana de Cardiologia

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-34

  Benjumea, María Victoria R ^a   Molina de S , Dora I ^a   Arbeláez, Patricia E B ^b   Agudelo, Luz M G ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CALDAS   (Colombia)

^b Secretaría de Salud y Seguridad Social de Manizales   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Abdominal fat; Adolescents; Body mass index; Colombia; Obesity; School and preschool children; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

EID: 49649107243     PISSN: 01205633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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